Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review More ASCs are being forced to pay anesthesia stipends as staffing shortages deepen and coverage gaps threaten daily operations. “Anesthesia is now a cost for many ASCs that previously did not have to subsidize their providers,” Traci Albers, CEO of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Surgical Management Professionals, told Becker’s. “With increasing […]
Read MoreAuthors: Vikram Bansal, MD; Nicholas Statzer, MD; Danial Shams, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vo; 40 No 3 Oct 2025 Summary:Regional anesthesia has undergone major safety improvements over the past four decades through advances in monitoring, pharmacology, and technology. Emphasis has shifted from preventing catastrophic complications to refining best practices, minimizing toxicity, and improving patient […]
Read MoreAuthors: Dumitrascu, Catalina I. et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia 141(4):779–792, October 2025. DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007397 This narrative review examined the anesthetic management of parturients with achondroplasia—who represent roughly 70% of all forms of dwarfism—during labor and cesarean delivery. Given the high rate of cesarean births due to cephalopelvic disproportion and the known airway and spinal anatomical […]
Read MoreAuthors: Zou, Haotian et al. Preprint on medRxiv, October 2025. DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.06.25337433 This preprint reports findings from a proteomic analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in older adults undergoing non-cardiac, non-neurologic surgery, focusing on how surgery alters the CSF proteome and whether the APOE-mimetic peptide CN-105 modifies these changes. The study analyzed paired pre- and 24-hour […]
Read MoreAuthors: Wang, Keyan et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia 141(4):818–827, October 2025.DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007560 This randomized clinical trial evaluated whether combining dexmedetomidine with lidocaine spray could better suppress the cough reflex during extubation in female thyroidectomy patients. A total of 180 patients were divided into three groups: dexmedetomidine + lidocaine (Dex-Lido), lidocaine alone (Lido), and normal saline […]
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